# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=330 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 331 --- ## [ID3v2.4 tags are broken.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v2-4-tags-are-broken/10120)
**Author:** [@binaermensch](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/binaermensch)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v2-4-tags-are-broken/10120 "2010-03-19T15:26:25Z")
Hi there, I’ve got a bunch of MP3 files for which Mp3tag can’t read the ID3v2.4 tags. Mp3tag is reporting that they are broken… Unfortunately I’ve forgotten the exact error message. However, Winamp can somehow read tho… --- ## ['And' for '&' or vice versa](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/and-for-or-vice-versa/10135)
**Author:** [@TexasTina](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TexasTina)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 6:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/and-for-or-vice-versa/10135 "2010-03-19T06:07:15Z")
I apologize if this is answered somewhere…I swear I looked, I really did! Can someone please help me out replacing the word, “and” with the symbol, “&” in my artist fields? Thanks so much! --- ## [Track Number Format...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-number-format/10126)
**Author:** [@NeiJiaTea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/NeiJiaTea)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-number-format/10126 "2010-03-19T01:19:22Z")
Hey all, I’m new to using Mp3tag. I have been in the habit of using the following format of file name for my mp3 collection: artist - album \[track#\] - title My problem is this: I can’t figure out how to surround the tr… --- ## [what does "remove" do exactly?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-does-remove-do-exactly/10133)
**Author:** [@chrizoo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrizoo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 12:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-does-remove-do-exactly/10133 "2010-03-19T00:43:41Z")
No kidding, this is a serious question. In options \> tags there is a subsection “remove” with checkboxes for ID3v1, ID3v2 and APE. The helpfile only says “ID3v1 if enabled, Mp3tag removes an existing ID3v1 tag.” (idem f… --- ## [How can I replace a character](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-replace-a-character/10129)
**Author:** [@xCrucialDudex](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/xCrucialDudex)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-replace-a-character/10129 "2010-03-18T15:27:23Z")
I’ve been wondering how I can replace ’ with \_. Any ideas? --- ## [2 questions about Discogs tagging](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/2-questions-about-discogs-tagging/10119)
**Author:** [@AlphaWave](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AlphaWave)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/2-questions-about-discogs-tagging/10119 "2010-03-17T19:52:30Z")
A couple of quick questions: Is it possible to have only the covert art written to the tags and to leave the other parts of the tag alone? Is it possible to select multiple mp3s and select Discogs tagging, rather t… --- ## [Figuring out what belongs in an album](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/figuring-out-what-belongs-in-an-album/10112)
**Author:** [@void.pointer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/void.pointer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/figuring-out-what-belongs-in-an-album/10112 "2010-03-17T00:55:46Z")
Hello, I’m new to MP3Tag and so far I’m finding it frustrating to use. Perhaps I’m expecting it to do things that it isn’t designed for. Right now I have about 50 songs from the same artist. The ‘Album’ field in all th… --- ## [composer tags from artist names](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/composer-tags-from-artist-names/10087)
**Author:** [@ceviz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ceviz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/composer-tags-from-artist-names/10087 "2010-03-16T19:14:16Z")
Hi there, I have a list of classic mp3s here. I would like to add composer tags. As far as players were VA ripper program used composers as artists. so is there any way to achive something like %artists=composers% ? … --- ## [Import cover from file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-cover-from-file/10114)
**Author:** [@kaja69](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kaja69)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-cover-from-file/10114 "2010-03-16T18:15:00Z")
Hi, I have bunch of files in a folder named like this: Beyoncé\_Single\_Ladies\_(Put\_A\_Ring\_On\_It)\_(Album\_Version).mp3 With cover files named the same: Beyoncé\_Single\_Ladies\_(Put\_A\_Ring\_On\_It)\_(Album\_Version).jpg I woul… --- ## [Visualize name of the album](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/visualize-name-of-the-album/10089)
**Author:** [@Tankian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Tankian)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/visualize-name-of-the-album/10089 "2010-03-16T14:54:33Z")
Hi guys, i would visualize name of the album in my winamp list… to make this i must rename the title song together title album. example: Metallica - Load - 01.Ronnie song:Load - 01.Ronnie album:Load Band:Metallica … --- ## [Text file - Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/text-file-tag/10107)
**Author:** [@stanman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stanman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2010, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/text-file-tag/10107 "2010-03-15T22:57:51Z")
I’m trying to help someone using Mp3tag to update tags from a file. He has the data in an Excel spreadsheet and he created a CSV file. Here’s a sample: SF001,1,Straight Up,Paula Abdul SF001,2,Faith,George Michael SF00… --- ## [Renaming files - case problems](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-files-case-problems/10097)
**Author:** [@ocoro02](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ocoro02)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-files-case-problems/10097 "2010-03-15T03:25:34Z")
Hi - I have a problem which I strongly suspect isn’t mp3tag’s fault but wanted to know if anyone had come across this and whether there was a solution. I’m trying to rename a bunch of flac filenames from the tag info. I… --- ## [replace with $if(....](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-with-if/10094)
**Author:** [@db2p](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/db2p)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-with-if/10094 "2010-03-13T15:52:44Z")
hi from france to everybody i would like to replace one or several fields with a condition depending of another field. like: if the artist is VNV NATION i would like to write Ronan HARRIS in the composer field and fut… --- ## [New to MP3Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-to-mp3tag/10086)
**Author:** [@bashy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bashy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2010, 9:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-to-mp3tag/10086 "2010-03-12T09:13:22Z")
Just started tonight and been reading and Regexp are very powerfull stuff. So here is a VERY basic ?.. I kinda of think I know but trying to get a help in the first few days and I should be on a better track as I learn e… --- ## [Filter operations may be case sensitive.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-operations-may-be-case-sensitive/10077)
**Author:** [@incifinci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/incifinci)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2010, 4:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-operations-may-be-case-sensitive/10077 "2010-03-12T04:42:35Z")
Filtering files and tags (Searching): QUOTE (Mp3tag online help)All operations are non-case sensitive. Workaround: you can use the case sensitive function $strstr(). Example: find files with " i " (wich must be written… --- ## [How do I fill in missing mp3 info from freedb, etc.?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-fill-in-missing-mp3-info-from-freedb-etc/10083)
**Author:** [@lvirden](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lvirden)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-fill-in-missing-mp3-info-from-freedb-etc/10083 "2010-03-11T23:37:28Z")
I have a folder with 8000+ mp3s . I’d like to have mp3tag add any missing tag info it can find that isn’t present in the files. I read the FAQs and help \[:book:\] , but wasn’t able to figure out what options I needed … --- ## [Batch - mode](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-mode/10061)
**Author:** [@merry4mp3tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/merry4mp3tag)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-mode/10061 "2010-03-11T12:44:37Z")
Hi, Just a smal question about a great product. Is it possible to use a batch mode. I want to fill the tags with the information out of my file names and AFTER that move them to the right location, I know how to get … --- ## [Referencing Album Art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/referencing-album-art/10072)
**Author:** [@Jpfeiffer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jpfeiffer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/referencing-album-art/10072 "2010-03-10T18:50:57Z")
I understand how to look for and attach or detach album art. I also saw an export feature, allowing me to create a jpg file from the album art attached to the mp3. My questions: Is the album art inside the .mp3 file … --- ## [Converting MP3 Gain values to iTunes format](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converting-mp3-gain-values-to-itunes-format/10056)
**Author:** [@jets](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jets)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converting-mp3-gain-values-to-itunes-format/10056 "2010-03-10T18:03:05Z")
Hello all. Have to say that since ditching Tag&Rename in favour of mp3Tag, I am one super happy camper. This app rocks! I especially like being able to customize the tag panel to display whatever I want. So here is what… --- ## [Can't get rid of certain properties/tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-get-rid-of-certain-properties-tags/10070)
**Author:** [@Nishiio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nishiio)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2010, 8:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-get-rid-of-certain-properties-tags/10070 "2010-03-10T08:50:37Z")
Hey. I'm extremely OCD when it comes to organizing my music so it annoys me greatly when things like THIS (see below) happes: I prefer using WMP. I am very annoyed that I can't get rid of the embedded URL that appea… --- ## [Adding a 0 to all itunes seasons and episodes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-a-0-to-all-itunes-seasons-and-episodes/10009)
**Author:** [@slov92](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/slov92)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-a-0-to-all-itunes-seasons-and-episodes/10009 "2010-03-10T04:50:38Z")
At the moment I have all my itunes video files tagged with one digit numerals. E.G TV Show - Lost TV Season - 6 TV Episode - 1 How would I add a 0 before the numeral to all my video in one handy action? --- ## [Add charachters to ARTIST field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-charachters-to-artist-field/10060)
**Author:** [@thorsonb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thorsonb)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-charachters-to-artist-field/10060 "2010-03-08T20:20:06Z")
Hey guys, back again… after spending about an hour tryna figure it out myself. What i basically wann do is add characters at the beginning and at the end of the ARTIST field. Eg. I wanna add the characters in the qout… --- ## [Duplicated tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/duplicated-tags/10063)
**Author:** [@cianoz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cianoz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/duplicated-tags/10063 "2010-03-08T17:10:56Z")
Hello I recently discovered that some of my mp3s have duplicated tags, for example they have a double entry for “year”. I would to clean all redundant entries but the problem is how to find which ones of my about 4000 … --- ## [Mediamonkey still sees other tags after cleaning in mp3tag?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mediamonkey-still-sees-other-tags-after-cleaning-in-mp3tag/10054)
**Author:** [@Kees788](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Kees788)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2010, 7:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mediamonkey-still-sees-other-tags-after-cleaning-in-mp3tag/10054 "2010-03-08T07:05:15Z")
I have quite a large collection of various files. My aim is to get id3v2 (and only id3v2!) filled in correctly and remove anything else to avoid confusion. I cleaned them all with mp3tag using these settings: Read: id3v… --- ## [Problem when working on a NAS](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-when-working-on-a-nas/9953)
**Author:** [@zitoon](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/zitoon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-when-working-on-a-nas/9953 "2010-03-06T15:33:30Z")
Hello ! I have a problem when working on files on my D-Link 313 NAS. When changing tags on little files, no error. But when I try do edit 100 mo files, mp3 Tag is freezing, and the result is a temp file created in the … --- ## [Title edit to remove leading number](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/title-edit-to-remove-leading-number/10050)
**Author:** [@athena](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/athena)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/title-edit-to-remove-leading-number/10050 "2010-03-06T15:13:14Z")
Hello, I have been trying to edit Titles to remove track number like: 01 - This a Song A command like: Replace "TITLE":"^\\s\*\\d - "-\>"" is not working. I also tried "TITLE":"^\\s\*\\d+\\s\*-\\s\*" -\>"" . What am I doing wr… --- ## [How To Batch Update Album Art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-batch-update-album-art/10043)
**Author:** [@rickster53](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rickster53)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2010, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-batch-update-album-art/10043 "2010-03-06T13:29:46Z")
I am a new mp3tag user and I’ve tried searching for an answer to this question without success… I have an existing folder.jpg file in each of my album folders to represent my album coverart. Unfortunately most of them … --- ## [Creating a new tag from existing tag with multiple entries](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-a-new-tag-from-existing-tag-with-multiple-entries/10044)
**Author:** [@egd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/egd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2010, 7:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-a-new-tag-from-existing-tag-with-multiple-entries/10044 "2010-03-06T07:37:10Z")
I used a format value action in an attempt to create a tag from other existing tags that have multiple entries and it seems mp3tag ignores all but the first tag entry when running the action. eg Format value NewTag usi… --- ## [What does comment like "0; 00000306 " mean?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-does-comment-like-0-00000306-mean/10038)
**Author:** [@q0o](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/q0o)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2010, 8:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-does-comment-like-0-00000306-mean/10038 "2010-03-05T08:29:03Z")
Could anyone please explain? --- ## [rename roots folder](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-roots-folder/9730)
**Author:** [@maeda](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/maeda)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-roots-folder/9730 "2010-03-04T19:18:07Z")
hi if i have multiple disc album,root folder is named - artist year album, and than disc 01, disc 02 etc, if apply my directory format value to rename, it will rename disc 01 or 02, and put all files in there, how do i … [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=329) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=331)